by Jerome Dodd

September

I am starting my DPS blog in September. This follows on from the very end of August where I DJ’d at Circle One, an independent festival and the first festival I have been on the lineup for. This month I reached out to a lot of sound houses as well as played guitar for a gig with singer Vianne. I began working on the score for the film Godflower and applied for a residency at the MeetFactory in Prague.

October

October was a busy month for me. I attended many events including the Virus afterparty for Marina Abramovich’s Saatchi Yates exhibition, the Lee Miller exhibition at Tate Britain, ILM with the Animation students, Tanoa Sasraku: Morale Patch at the ICA, Goldsmith CCA for Lawrence Lek: Life After Automation and the Fortress Halloween Party.

As well as this I recorded for ACTSA at the House of Lords and worked on the post production and music.

November

In November, I attended the SoundImage Festival which takes place at Greenwich University. I had a great time meeting with different researchers and practitioners and engaging with really interesting work. I left feeling very inspired. I also visited Somerset House for Wayne Mcgregor’s Infinite Bodies and attended a showcase by A Guy Called Gerald of the new Roland TR1000 Drum Machine. I continued to work on the score for Godflower and ACTSA.

This month also saw a collaborative album I had been apart of with other members of University featured in the Bandcamp ‘Best Field Recording Albums on Bandcamp, October 2025.’

December

December saw me DJ at Synthesis and the Fortress Christmas Special, attend legendary Dubstep night FWD at Fold and go listen to a talk held by Lawrence Lek at Goldsmiths CCA: On Gaming and Virtual Media. I also began working on my Fortress release Sinofuturism/Shard, scored the short film Love is Pain and got accepted onto ICA X Diaspora Now Term 2.

January

Following on from the Mode Fortress Christmas Special I submitted a mix for my own Mode Residency. This was accepted in January and I became a Mode Resident. I also worked on the Get Living Live Brief, was a runner on set for Nate Brazier’s For Me music video and worked on a music/sound design project based around the LCC archives. I also visited father sound, a post production sound house and attended a concert by Carrier at the ICA.

February

In February, I finalised the release of Sinofuturism/Shard. I had the first Mode Show of my residency and DJ’d at Fortress. As well as this I attended various events including Tapestry and Qwartz at the Railway. I also began working on the score for the short film Dear Archie.

March

At the start of March I attended Tones and Drones, an ambient event based in Walthamstow as well SHSHCHTS another ambient event based in Stoke Newington. I also spent a day assisting at 123studios and brought on my first mode guest, Sterea.

April

In April, I visited The Hepworth in Wakefield for Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto. I also attended Northern Gothic and two events at EartH Hackney hosted by NTS including concerts by ML Buch and Malibu. This month I also recorded sound for the Museum of Brands Live Brief. I also brought on Trebla as my second guest for my Mode residency.

May

This month, I have been working on finalising the score of several films including In Between which explores an international students experiences in the UK. As well as this I attended NLDC and brought on Gage as my third guest on Mode.